Heathrow city partnership

The Heathrow city partnership (HCP) was set up to take forward future regeneration matters with Ealing Council and other stakeholders and partners. It is now the main regeneration agency for Southall and is funded by the London Development Agency, Ealing Council, the business sector and others. It focusses on strengthening the support to small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with particular focus on:

HCP also provide a range of support services for existing businesses. Business support is provided by a team of professional business advisors, services include:

Young entrepreneurship programme  
If you are aged between 13-30 and interested in starting up your own business, HCP is running a 'first flight young entrepreneurship programme'.

If you want to find out more or are ready to turn your business idea into a reality and you live in the Heathrow city area, the first flight business programme can help you. 'Heathrow city' cuts across the three west London boroughs of Ealing, Hillingdon and Hounslow and includes all of Southall; Townfield, Botwell and Yiewsley in Hillingdon; and Heston West, Cranford and Feltham North and West in Hounslow. Young people with all kinds of great ideas are being helped to turn these into real businesses.

Bridging the skills gap - workforce development, recruit and training
One of the initiatives run by HCP works towards bridging the skills gap in the area by targeting companies in key groups of businesses and engaging them in a process of growing their own skills through workforce development. They also encourage direct contribution to the strategic economic development of the area by targeting key groups of businesses and working with them to fill identified job vacancies.

Routes to work
Routes to work consists of three strands that add value to existing activity, providing a comprehensive and coherent package of job brokerage, training and other support to assist heathrow city residents to access the labour market by overcoming barriers to employment.

For more information, please contact Edith Simon, regeneration and major projects at Ealing Council, email: simone@ealing.gov.uk  or the HCP, Southall business centre, old townhall, high street, Southall UB1 3HA
Tel: (020) 8574 7238
Fax: (020) 8571 8805